Shloka 53
युधिछिर उवाच कान् स्वगात्रोद्धवान् दोषान् पश्यस्यमितविक्रम । एतन्मे संशयं कृत्स्नं वक्तुमहसि तत्त्वतः,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--अमितपराक्रमी पितामह! आपके देखनेमें कौन-कौन-से दोष ऐसे हैं, जो अपने ही शरीरसे उत्पन्न होते हैं? आप मेरे इस सम्पूर्ण संदेहका यथार्थरूपसे समाधान करनेकी कृपा करें
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca kān svagātrodbhavān doṣān paśyasy amitavikrama | etan me saṁśayaṁ kṛtsnaṁ vaktum arhasi tattvataḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O grandsire of immeasurable prowess, what faults do you discern as arising from one’s own body itself? Please explain to me, in truth and in full, so that my entire doubt may be resolved.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical inquiry: Yudhiṣṭhira seeks a truthful, complete account of the ‘doṣas’ rooted in embodied existence—suggesting that moral struggle is tied to bodily impulses and limitations, and that clarity about these sources is necessary for self-governance and dharmic living.
In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the grandsire Bhīṣma and asks him to identify the defects that originate from one’s own body, requesting a thorough explanation to remove his doubt.